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Ultima Thule (Creative Sound CSS 1570) 1972

Another one of those Creative Sound compilations of lp cuts by Newbury Park, New Neighborhood, Marj Snuder, and Phoenix Sonshine. Odd cover of crucifixtion scene next to a walled-in metropolis with a gargantuan bird head peering over the mountains. Hmmm… (Ken Scott – The Archivist).

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A very intriguing LP cover. Ultima is Latin for “the highest attainable” and basically Thule has to do with the northernmost habitable region according to Ancient Geographers, so a distant territory or subjectively, a remote goal or idea.

So I see the artwork illustrating Jesus as the “Ultima Thule” or the highest calling of God that the people from the city are trying to reach.

Although the giant pigeon head over the rise is a bit disconcerting, it must be signifying the Holy Spirit watching over the scene. That may have been more obvious had the artist used a dove!!